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RADIATION PROTECTION AND CONTROL REGULATIONS 2022 - REG 16

16—Possession of radiation source

        (1)         For the purposes of section 22(2)(a) of the Act, the following circumstances are prescribed:

            (a)         circumstances in which a person is in possession of a category 4 or category 5 radiation source (as determined in accordance with the Code of Practice for the Security of Radioactive Sources) during, or for the purposes of, its transportation;

            (b)         any other circumstances determined by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.

        (2)         For the purposes of section 22(2)(b) of the Act, a class of persons determined by the Minister by notice in the Gazette is a prescribed class of persons.

        (3)         For the purposes of section 22(2)(b) of the Act, the following classes of things are prescribed:

            (a)         an article, device or other thing that only emits non-ionising radiation;

            (b)         a radiation source that is an unsealed radioactive material listed in Schedule 4 clause 2, in the specified circumstances;

            (c)         a radiation source that is a sealed radioactive source of a class prescribed by regulation 20 for the purposes of section 26(3) of the Act;

            (d)         a radiation source that is apparatus of a class prescribed by regulation 21 for the purposes of section 27(2) of the Act;

            (e)         a radiation source (other than an object contaminated by radioactive material on its surface) that only contains or is comprised of a radioactive material that is a prescribed low risk radioactive material;

            (f)         an object contaminated by radioactive material on its surface if the activity of a radioactive element or compound contained in the radioactive material does not exceed the prescribed amount as determined under regulation 8(2);

            (g)         Radon when present in air;

            (h)         any other class of things determined by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.



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